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“Ooh Child” by The Five Stairsteps

The Burke family soul band, named by their mother for the way they stood in group photos, promised a better life in complicated times.
Posted on February 22, 2018 by Laura B Hayden (Blog Writer, Sevenponds)

Ooh-oo child Things are gonna get easier Ooh-oo child Things’ll get brighter In 1970, the words to the Five Stairsteps release of “Ooh Child” felt like a healing balm. My fellow college students and I had suffered numerous national wounds … Continue reading →

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